Child&#39;s sleeping garment



Nov. 7, 1950 R. w. WILSON 2,528,677

CHILD'S SLEEPING GARMENT Filed Dec. 23, 1946 R957 W Wilson M Q EPatented Nov. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHILDS SLEEPINGGARMENT Roy W. Wilson, Oak-Park, Ill.

Application December 23, 1946, Serial No. 717,848

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and. improved childssleeping garment ofa coverall type which is preferably made of woolen blanket material andis usually selected large enough in size to permit putting it over itsregular pajamas -to take the place of ordinary blankets, the thoughtbeing that an active child is quite apt to kick off covers during thenight, and Will-thus be'left Without covers and catch cold, the coverallnot only affording the desired warmth at all times, but also eliminatingthe ever present risk of strangulation which occurs all too often withtied-down-or tied around the body coverlets and garments of otherdesigns.

A salient feature of the garment of my invention is the provision of atwo-way zipper extending the full length of the back down to the .crotchand through the crotch and upwardly in front approximately to the waist,thus permitting opening only the front or the whole lower portion of thegarment by operating one of the slidable fasteners when that is desired,as when the child goes or is taken to the toilet during the night, oropening'the entire back of the garment and up the front with the otherslidable fastener as when putting the garment on or taking it off, thetwo slidable fasteners being both easily operable by the parent, whereasthe child can operate only the one slidable fastener on the front of thegarment, the other being out of the childs reach on the back of theneck, thus eliminating any likelihood of the child uncovering itselfduring the night. a

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figs.1 and 2 are front and rear views of a child wearing a sleeping garmentmade in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 3 is a slightly smaller rear view of the garment by itself shownopened up all the way by sliding the rear slidable fastener down theback and up the front to a position alongside the other slidablefastener, thus illustrating how easily the garment may be put on ortaken off the child by the parent, although when it is being worn thechild cannot unfasten and'remove it, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1, the lower portionof the right leg of the garment being also shown in vertical section tobetter illustrate the construction.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding partsthroughout the views.

The sleeping garment or coverall of my invention is indicated generallyby the reference numeral 5 and is preferably -made of woolen blanketmaterial 6, and is usually put on the child over its regular pajamas,which are of the usual kind with buttons or other suitable closures asindicated in dotted lines at in Fig. 4. This garment ii, in other words,is intended to take the place 'of ordinary blankets and solve theproblemof keeping thechild. covered through the night in'a cool or coldroom "by making it impossible for the child to remove its coveringandeven its pajamas in whole or part. It also eliminates'the risk ofstrangulation, which, as'is well known, occurs with tied down or tiedaround the body coverlets and garments of other designs. Each armportion 8 is formed from a single piece of the blanket material-'5 witha longitudinally extending seam 9 along the inner side. Each bodysection It is formed from two pieces of the blanket material 6 for thefront and back of the garment joined lengthwise of the leg portions IIby the seam 12 on the inner side and lengthwise of the body and legportions by a seam 13 on the outer side, there being diagonallyextending seams M joining the inner ends of the arms a to the upperportion of the body at the shoulders giving a raglan sleeve effect. Thelower end portions of the legs are extended to form upper foot coverings[5, there being bottom pieces I 6 preferably of the same blanketmaterial which are sewed to the lower edge portions of the legs II withbindings ll. Small V- shaped openings is are left at the lower ends ofthe seams I2 and 13 above the bottoms It for ventilation. The two bodysections of the garment 5 are joined together at the middle of the frontby a vertical seam !9 extending from the neck 20 down to about thewaist. A single long zipper 2| having two slidable fasteners 22 and 23is provided extending downwardly in the front from the waist andrearwardly through the crotch and all the way up the back to the neck toform a closure for the garment, this two-way zipper having theseadvantages:

(1) The slidable fastener 22 can be operated by the child or parent andused to open only the lower front portion of the garment or the wholelower portion as indicated by the two dotted po-v sitions of fastener22, this being necessary when the child goes or is taken to the toilet,and, even though the child can work this fastener 22 up and down, itcannot open the garment any farther, and, therefore, there is no dangerof the child getting the outer blanket garment off and even removingpart or all of the pajamas therebeneath and being left uncovered andcatching cold;

(2) The other slidable fastener 23, being located at the back of theneck, is not accessible to the child, but is easily operable only by theparent in putting the garment on the child or taking it off, thuspositively eliminating any danger of the child removing the outergarment and part or all of the inner garment and suffering fromexposure, and

(3) The single two-way zipper 21 extending from the neck down to thecrotch and through the crotch and up the front of the garment to thewaist facilitates putting on and taking off the garment, as should beclear from Fig. 3, and it also simplifies the production of the garmentin the first instance.

4 downwardly in front, the other slider being operable only by theparent from the back of the neck downwardly whereby the child cannotopen enough of the outer garment to suffer exposure or gain access tothe closures on the pajamas to open the same.

2. A childs coverall type sleeping garment of the character described,comprising right and left half-garment sections, each providing body,arm, and'separate full length leg-covering portions on the oppositesides of a crotch portion, said right and left half-garment sectionshaving adjacent edges separably connectible together substan-' It isbelieved the foregoing description conveys I agood understanding of theobjects and'advantages of m invention. The appended claims have beendrawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

1. A blanket coverall type of garment for use by a child over a suit ofpajamas, as a substitute for a blanket, or blankets, said coverallgarment being loose fitting and made of warmth giving blanket materialdesigned to be worn over the aforesaid pajamas and comprising right andleft half-garment sections, each providing body, arm, and separate fulllength leg-covering portions, said right and left half-garment sectionsbeing joined together at the front only of the bodycovering portionsfrom the waist upwardly and defining therebetween a neck opening at thetop that is closed in the frontbut open at the back, the body portionshaving a rear opening longitudinally from the neck down to the crotchand through the crotch and up the front partway to the neck, and atwo-way zipper comprising two strips carrying meshing elements extendingthe full length of the aforesaid rear opening, crotch opening and frontopening, and two sliders disposed on said strips each cooperating withsections of both of said meshing elements, said sliders being bothoperable in either direction, the one being operable by either the childor the parent to open only the lower front portion or more of the lowerportion by operation of said slider 'the back of the body portionsubstantially to the neck, cooperating slide fastener elements attachedalong each of said adjacent edges, and two independently operableslidable connectors cooperating with said fastener elements to close andopen the garment, one of said slidable connectors serving to open onlythe crotch portion of the garment in front from the waist down to thecrotch portion and as much farther rearwardly and then upwardly in theback portion as desired, and the other of said slidable connectors,which serves to open the garment, being substantially inaccessible to achild when in its fully closed position at the back of the neck andbeing inoperable b the child wearing the garment, said slidableconnector in the opening of the garment being movable down the back tothe crotch portion and as much farther forwardly and then upwardly inthe front portion as desired.

ROY W. WILSON.

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